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misuse. lisa is attracted to laure who pretends to be a boy. there are no awkward feelings involved during that phase, only afterwards. covered under Attractive Bent Gender

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* BlindfoldedTrip: When Lisa leads Mickael into the forest for their FirstKiss.



* CosmeticCatastrophe: Downplayed. Lisa puts on quite some makeup on Mickael.
* ExactEavesDropping: Towards the end in the forest, Laure comes in at the right time to overhear the other boy telling the group about her being a girl.
* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are allowed to play outside (even on the lake) without parental supervision.



* PuppyLove: Laure and Lisa are "dating". They're also preteens.


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* PuppyLove: Laure and Lisa are "dating". They're also preteens.


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* SliceOfLife: Many scenes depicting children at play.


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* TimeSkip: The last scene skips a couple of weeks ahead of the reveal. The mother has given birth to a boy and Laure is already in school.
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* OutfitRipSexCheck: [[spoiler:The boys make Lisa to check to see what Laure's sex is]].
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: It is unclear from the ending if Laure is a trans guy, or just a tomboy mistaken for a boy.
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She meets Lisa, a girl her age, who mistakes her for a boy. Laure introduces herself to Lisa and the local children as "Mickaël ". She keeps this secret from her parents, and it is summer so she hasn't ran into any problems with school yet. She also develops a mutual crush on Lisa.

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She meets Lisa, a girl her age, who mistakes her for a boy. Laure introduces herself to Lisa and the local children as "Mickaël "."Mickaël". She keeps this secret from her parents, and it is summer so she hasn't ran into any problems with school yet. She also develops a mutual crush on Lisa.



* BookEnds: Near the beginning Laure introduces herself as "Mickael" and at the end she introduces herself again as Laure.
* ButchLesbian: Possibly Laure

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* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: Near the beginning Laure introduces herself as "Mickael" and at the end she introduces herself again as Laure.
* ButchLesbian: Possibly LaureLaure, [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity if she's not a trans boy]].
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Crap, I meant trans and deleted the whole thing

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* ButchLesbian: Possibly Laure

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There is no reason to believe that Laure is gay.


Ten years old Laure is used to moving around. She's moving once again, but this time her parents plan on staying in a suburb for a while.

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Ten years year old Laure is used to moving around. She's moving once again, but this time her parents plan on staying in a suburb for a while.



* ButchLesbian: …or transgender boy?
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* SecretKeeper: Laure makes Jeanne promise not to tell their parents about the Mickael thing.

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* SecretKeeper: Laure makes Jeanne promise not to tell their parents about the Mickael thing. she also tells it to her little brother when he was in the womb by whispering to her mother's stomach.
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* TruthInTelevision: Many of the behaviors in the movie are rather accurate, right down to [[spoiler:kids trying to "find out" a person's sex by taking off their pants]].

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* ButchLesbian: ...Or transgender boy?

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* ButchLesbian: ...Or ButchLesbian: …or transgender boy?


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* PuppyLove: Laure and Lisa are "dating". They're also preteens.


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* SecretKeeper: Laure makes Jeanne promise not to tell their parents about the Mickael thing.
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* AttractiveBentGender: Lisa falls for "Mickael" who is really a girl.

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* AttractiveBentGender: Lisa falls for "Mickael" "Mickael", who is really actually a girl.



* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler: Near the very end of the movie, Laure's mom forces Laure to wear a dress and go to apologize to the boy she beat up for pushing Jeanne. She also is forced to go her girlfriend's house too.]]

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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler: Near the very end of the movie, Laure's mom forces Laure to wear a dress and go to apologize to the boy she beat up for pushing Jeanne. She also is forced to go to her girlfriend's house too.to apologize.]]
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2011 French film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water Lilies'').

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2011 French film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water (who previously directed ''Water Lilies'').
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* AttractiveBentGender: Lisa falls for "Michkael" who is really a girl.

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* AttractiveBentGender: Lisa falls for "Michkael" "Mickael" who is really a girl.
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* AttractiveBentGender

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* AttractiveBentGenderAttractiveBentGender: Lisa falls for "Michkael" who is really a girl.



* BoyishShortHair: Laure has very short hair.

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* BoyishShortHair: Laure has very short hair.hair in contrast to Jeanne and Lisa who have longer hair and are more girly.



* OneOfTheBoys

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* OneOfTheBoysOneOfTheBoys: Laure not only gets along good with the boys but she even passes as one.
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* [[spoiler: HumiliationConga: Poor Laure goes through this. Her mom makes her appear as a girl to a boy she beat up and to her girlfriend, she is humiliated by the other kids and Lisa breaks up with her.]]

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* [[spoiler: HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Poor Laure goes through this. Her mom makes her appear as a girl to a boy she beat up and to her girlfriend, she is humiliated by the other kids and Lisa breaks up with her.]]



* [[spoiler: UnsettlingGenderReveal: Near the very end of the movie, Laure's mom forces Laure to wear a dress and go to apologize to the boy she beat up for pushing Jeanne. She also is forced to go her girlfriend's house too.]]

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* [[spoiler: UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler: Near the very end of the movie, Laure's mom forces Laure to wear a dress and go to apologize to the boy she beat up for pushing Jeanne. She also is forced to go her girlfriend's house too.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''MaVieEnRose''.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''MaVieEnRose''.''Film/MaVieEnRose''.

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* BerserkButton" Don't mess with Jeanne. Laure will take you down.

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* BerserkButton" BerserkButton: Don't mess with Jeanne. Laure will take you down.



* [[spoiler: HumiliationConga: Poor Laure goes through this. Her mom makes her appear as a girl to a boy she beat up and to her girlfriend, she is humiliated by the other kids and Lisa breaks up with her.]]



* [[spoiler: UnsettlingGenderReveal]]

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* [[spoiler: UnsettlingGenderReveal]]UnsettlingGenderReveal: Near the very end of the movie, Laure's mom forces Laure to wear a dress and go to apologize to the boy she beat up for pushing Jeanne. She also is forced to go her girlfriend's house too.]]
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* BerserkButton" Don't mess with Jeanne. Laure will take you down.


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* BoyishShortHair: Laure has very short hair.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/TommyBoy''.
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One of the points of the film is that the audience is left asking \"Is she a butch lesbian, or a trans man?\"


* ButchLesbian: Looks like a guy check, likes a girl check.

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* ButchLesbian: Looks like a guy check, likes a girl check.ButchLesbian: ...Or transgender boy?
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* [[spoiler: UnsettlingGenderReveal]]
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* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler:Happens to everyone by the end of the film.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Looks like a guy check, likes a girl check.
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* FirstKiss: Lisa drags "Mickael" to a secluded area, and kisses him.

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* FirstKiss: Lisa drags "Mickael" to a secluded area, and kisses him.her.
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* AmbiguousGender: Laure. Transgender or a masculine girl?
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* AmbiguousGender: Laure. Transgender or a masculine girl?
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Laure has one toward her little sister, who says she used to beat up anyone who teased her and that their old neighborhood was scared of her. She could have been exaggerating, but [[spoiler:Laure gets into a fight with a boy who pushed her sister.]]

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Laure has one toward her little sister, who says she used to beat up anyone who teased her and that their old neighborhood was scared of her. She could have been exaggerating, but [[spoiler:Laure gets into a fight with a boy who pushed her sister.sister and wins.]]
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* BathtubBonding

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* AmbiguousGender: The film is rather ambiguous about whether Laure is gender-queer, transgender, or just a tomboy.



* {{Bifauxnen}}: Laure.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Laure has one toward her little sister, who says she used to beat up anyone who teased her and that their old neighborhood was scared of her. She could have been exaggerating, but [[spoiler:Laure gets into a fight with a boy who pushed her sister]]

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Laure.
Laure.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Laure has one toward her little sister, who says she used to beat up anyone who teased her and that their old neighborhood was scared of her. She could have been exaggerating, but [[spoiler:Laure gets into a fight with a boy who pushed her sister]] sister.]]



* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler:Happens to everyone by the end of the film]]

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* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler:Happens to everyone by the end of the film]]film.]]



* OneOfTheBoys

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* OneOfTheBoys OneOfTheBoys



* RecursiveCrossdressing: When Lisa and "Mickael" play with some girly makeup after the dance.

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* RecursiveCrossdressing: When Lisa and "Mickael" play with some girly makeup after the dance.



* {{Tomboy}}: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and taken UpToEleven (not only does she behave like a boy, she ''passes as a boy'').

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* {{Tomboy}}: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and taken UpToEleven (not only does she behave like a boy, she ''passes as a boy'').
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